Advised a Thai subsidiary of a majorsteel manufacturer in Japan and member of a
globally known automobilemanufacturer Group in relation to a workplace investigation and
terminationof employment including representing in court proceedings. Theresolution of
this case could greatly affect how all employers handleterminations with cause in the future.
Advised
a producer and distributor ofvehicle batteries in Thailand and its subsidiaries in a case involving
dismissalfrom employment, alleged breaches of representations and warranties and analleged breach
of share acquisition agreement brought by its former majorshareholders and founders of the group
company.
Advised
a Thai limited company, a whollyowned subsidiary of a Japanese-based iron, steel mill and
ferroalloymanufacturer in cases related workplace fraud amounting to an estimatedUSD 2.7
million.
Advised a Finnish cargo company
on phishing scams incident, a Thai limited company
mistakenlytransferred several payments to a false bank account provided by the
scammer,resulting in the client not receiving payment for certain products sold to
Thailimited company.
Advised a leading international
one-stop travel serviceprovider in relation to an online scam in which the client was
deceivedinto transferring THB 90 million from Singapore to an account of the suspect
inThailand.
Advised two listed Thai state-owned telecommunications companies on contentious employment matters arising from the amalgamation of two listed
Thai state-owned telecommunications companies.
Advised a major international life assurance company inrelation to serious
criminal allegations made against it and itsdirectors. The case involves an
alleged fabrication of a loan agreement under alife insurance policy.
Advised a
beauty product business in relation to an internallegal audit and an anti-corruption matter
that involved an employee whoheld high-level management positions holding full authority as
representativeof the local entity. This resulted in increased complexity in planning andconducting
the relevant processes from a Thai legal perspective.
Advised a Thai subsidiary of a
major steel manufacturer, agroup member of a vehicle manufacturing company, in relation to a
matterrelated to a workplace investigation and termination of employment. Thiscase involved
multiple claims/ counterclaims, both criminal and civil,commenced by affected employees for damages
against multiple companies andindividuals.
Advised an US-owned natural gas
processing and treatingsolutions provider on the business transfer transaction in respect of the
employmentlaws that involved its Thai subsidiary, following its global acquisitionwith a
worldwide supplier of products and services to the global powergeneration and gas production
industry.
Advised a solutions provider in
the oil, gas, water, and powermarkets on an internal legal audit and an anti-corruption
matterinvolving the directors and high-level management in its Thai subsidiaryentity. also
involving workplace fraud collaboratively committed by formeremployees with high-level management
positions holding full authority asrepresentatives of the local entity resulting in increased
complexity inplanning and conducting the relevant processes from a Thai legal perspective:the
significant role involved advising on and planning for the termination ofemployment contracts
following the outcome of the investigations
Advised a major Japanese
conglomerate and its subsidiaries inrelation to the dismissal of employment and alleged
breach of a shareacquisition agreement brought against our client by its former majorshareholders
and founders of the group company
Advised a supplier to the oil industry on the intra-groupbusiness transfer
transaction in respect of the employment laws following areorganization of its corporate structure.
The company had to reorganize itscorporate structure which involved business transfer between its
two Thai-localentities to be line with its global business plan.
Advised a Thai corporation in
relation to a class labour suitagainst it claiming
compensation. This followed the business reorganizing itscorporate structure which involved reducing
its manpower to be in line with thereduction in the quantity of work.
Advised and
acted for the Thai corporate in proceedings forappealing
against the judgment of the First Instance Court to the AppellateCourt for Specialized Cases.
The outcome was successful
Advised a wholly owned
subsidiary of a Japanese-based Iron andSteel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturer in relation to cases
of workplace fraudinvolving total amount of approximately
USD 2.7 million.
